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		<title>Valentines craftyness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A note from Eddie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think that Valentines is as good an excuse for being crafty as any. I&#8217;m already getting on with the heart production for the &#8216;A World in Love&#8217; project. The end of January also marks our first blog-anniversary here on Historic Crafts. Yes it is really only a year ago. I still can&#8217;t really believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Fibres: Silk hankies, two drafting possibilities</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hankies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mawatas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to introduce another one of Cecile from The ways of the whorl&#8216;s guest posts on her adventures in spinning. This time she is going to tell us about her own experience in spinning silk. You can also join Cecile for our Echo Flower Shawl knit along on Ravelry or help her and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world in love</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/a-world-in-love</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A note from Eddie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a world in love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hearts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In exactly a months time we have the 14th February also known as Valentines day. A great time to show the people in your life how much you love and appreciate them. But how about sharing that love a bit further? How about sharing that love with the whole world? And how about using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Crafty New Year</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/happy-crafty-new-year</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A note from Eddie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobbin lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brooch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year is approaching fast and I for one am looking forward to it. Not that 2010 didn&#8217;t live up to expectations, it was a great year. The Historic Crafts blog was started in January and the Grey Duckling blog soon followed in May. But I have so many more ideas that I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Traditions: table decoration</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/christmas-traditions-table-decoration</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/christmas-traditions-table-decoration#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[table decoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tradition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=3009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For me Christmas just isn&#8217;t the same with out candles. The light from candles is ultimately cozy or in Danish &#8216;hyggelig&#8217;. As a girl I remember helping my Grandmother making table decorations with candles in them using evergreens, fruits, nuts, ribbon and other fun things. Here&#8217;s the decoration I made for this years Christmas table. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Traditions: Orange Pomander</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/christmas-traditions-orange-pomander</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/christmas-traditions-orange-pomander#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pomander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For me the clove studded orange is a very traditional reminder of Christmas. Sticking the cloves into the oranges was something I remember my Grandfather doing as he didn&#8217;t have the patience for making other Christmas decorations. It is also a tough job, well suited to his hardened fingers. The cloves can be sharp and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felting</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/felting</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/felting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The translation of this great introduction into felt-making by Ane from Anes Form is long overdue. But it&#8217;s here now and you can use it to make other things not related to Easter. How about a hat to keep you warm this winter or come December you could make some Christmas baubles. In order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Jacob Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-jacob-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-jacob-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wool week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yarn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is thought that Jacob sheep arrived in Britain from the Middle East (via Spain) in the 16th Century. They are very attractive animals and were often kept in English parks as ornamental animals. Their fleece is black and white patched and fades to brown and white the older they get. They usually have 2-4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Alpaca</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-alpaca</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-alpaca#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alpaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south america]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpacas are a part of the camelid family and were first domesticated about 6000 years ago in the central Andes. Alpaca fibres have been found by archaeologists in graves and religious sites predating the Inca Empire in South America. The fibre itself can be found in 22 distinct colours, ranging from blacks through browns and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibre: Soybean</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibre-soya</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibre-soya#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soybean fibre is a fairly new fibre that can be classed as an environmentally friendly fibre. When manufacturing soyabeans into soymilk, tofu, or soybean oil, dregs are left over as a waste product. In 1937 Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company invented soya fibre by using a new method that could make use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look closer at Swaziland</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/look-closer-at-swaziland</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/look-closer-at-swaziland#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closer look]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thatching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baskets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[king]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look closer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is linked with a look closer sibling post on Grey Duckling about current crafts people in Swaziland History of Swaziland The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small landlocked country in Southern Africa, named after the 19th Century king Mswati II. It is bordered to the North, South and West by South Africa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Cotswold Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-cotswold-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-cotswold-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cotswold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduced to the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire, Britain in Roman times the Cotswold Sheep (also known as the Cotswold Lion) are classified as a longwool. They are heavily built sheep with white faces similar to Leicester and Lincoln breed, which they have been interbreed with over the years. Today the Cotswold is classified as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Black Welsh Mountain Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-black-welsh-mountain-sheep</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Welsh Mountain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Medieval times, black wool, known as &#8216;Cochddu&#8217; (reddish brown) was much sought-after by merchants. In the 19th century Welsh flockmasters recognised the commercial potential of the black lambs and began to select and breed them carefully to produce a pure and separate strain of Black Welsh Mountain Sheep. Black Welsh Mountain sheep are small, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Bluefaced Leicester Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-bluefaced-leicester</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-bluefaced-leicester#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bluefaced Leicester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bluefaced Leicesters are very majestic sheep with a broad muzzle, good mouth and a tendency towards a roman nose, bright alert eyes and long erect ears. The wool fibres are normally whitish and the name comes from the dark blue skin which can be seen through the hair on their heads. Previously known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing with Elderberries</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-elderberries</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-elderberries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elberberries were out in full bloom a couple of weeks ago and I decided that it was time to try some more berry dyeing. I still didn&#8217;t have a regular mordant like Alum so once again I turned to the tutorial &#8216;Making Natural Dyes from Plants&#8216; for their instructions on using salt as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing with Blackberries</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-blackberries</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyeing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blackberries are in season at the moment and we have quite a few in our garden. I have already used the best ones for Blackberry Jelly. After being inspired by the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild Exhibition, I decided to go home and give natural dyeing a try. I picked as many blackberries as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is a future for the Textile Conservation Centre</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/there-is-a-future-for-the-textile-conservation-centre</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/there-is-a-future-for-the-textile-conservation-centre#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who were worried it is with relief to hear that there is going to be a future for the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC) at the University of Glasgow. When the TCC formerly of the University of Southampton and placed in Winchester was shut down it was a great loss as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to weave</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/learning-to-weave</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning new craft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been wanting to learn to weave for a while now but have also been keeping it of because I wanted to wait till I had access to my mothers six shaft floor loom again. Nevertheless, my friend Dawn decided to book me onto a weaving weekend with Mary Keer a fellow member of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Welcome to the Journal and Defining Historic Crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eddie Roued-Cunliffe &#038; Helene Agerskov Madsen We would like to welcome you warmly to the first volume of The Journal of Historic Crafts. The Historic Crafts website was launched in January 2010 and has had a very positive response so far. It is based on a series of blog posts, how-to&#8217;s and reviews by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Workshop &#8211; let&#8217;s share and survive</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/open-workshop-lets-share-and-survive</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our recent report on the launch of the HCA Forum we mentioned an idea on how to tackle the challenges crafts are facing these days and ensure their survival. Our idea was for professional crafters to open up their studios / workshops to amateurs. Both by doing introductory courses and masterclasses but also by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Therapy of Crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just spotted this article in the Guardian about &#8220;Working with your Hands : The secret to Happiness?&#8221; It got me thinking about a little anecdote that I think it was Robin Wood who told at the HCA Forum (I apologize if it was indeed someone else). He told a story of having to dig [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decorated Easter Eggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easter is closing in on us and around this time of year you can be sure to spot little cute bunnies, fluffy chickens and loads of chocolate eggs everywhere you turn. These you can of course make yourself, but if you want to go traditional all you need is some good old fashioned chicken eggs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter papercutting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a quaint little craft fitting for this time of year you could do worse than turning to papercutting. Why this time of year you may ask? Well in Denmark there is a tradition of papercutting for this period up to Easter called &#8220;Gækkebreve&#8221;. You fold up a piece of paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dansk &#8211; Filtning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=1251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For at uld skal filte behøves der tre ting: varme, vand og bevægelse. Det er netop derfor at man ser sin yndlingstrøje komme ud af vaskemaskinen i en størrelse som ville passe en ni-årig samtidigt med at den er blevet tyk og hård. I denne situation fremstår filtningen ikke som noget man har trang til [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of Heritage Craft Association</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/reporting-on-the-launch-of-heritage-craft-association</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) launched itself and called together traditional crafters for a forum. Yours truly were present at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the occasion. HCA describes them self as following: &#8220;The Heritage Craft Association was set up because of the urgent need for action to help maintain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning a new Craft &#8211; Brewing beer</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/learning-a-new-craft-brewing-beer</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lars Olsen Recently, beer has become fashionable again in Denmark. We went through a long period were wine was the appropriate drink to serve at dinner parties. This has now changed and this change has brought many new, wonderful beers into the shops. Beer is now a beverage as respected as wine, bringing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dansk &#8211; Ølbryggeren</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Af Lars Olsen I Danmark er øl blevet igen blevet in, efter en lang periode hvor det fortrinsvis var vin som blev drukket til finere mad og sat på bordet til fester. Der er i takt med denne udvikling, kommet mange dejlige øl i handelen &#8211; eller måske var det omvendt, at der kom mange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning of the HCA Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While waiting to go to the Heritage Crafts Association forum and launch today in London I read an article by Jon Henley about heritage crafts at risk. I was quite surprised to find that (in his view at least) Britain does so little to aid crafts people. &#8220;Modern Britain, it seems, is not much fussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning a new craft &#8211; peg loom</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/learning-a-new-craft-peg-loom</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Helene&#8217;s enthusiasm about learning naalbinding and the flowers coming out of the ground in my garden, I decided to take out the peg loom I bought last autumn and give it a whirl. I had also managed to acquire a bag of alpaca wool and some silk tops in red and yellow. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning a new craft &#8211; naalbinding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While waiting for spring to come, what better ways to pass the dark winter evenings than learning a new craft. My choice fell on a relatively unknown technique called nalbinding. This seemingly obscure decision was made earlier this winter when I agreed to take part in a medieval re-enactment trip later in the early spring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inny&#8217;s First Experience with Crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that most people will most readily associate me with being a knitter, but the thing is, I don&#8217;t remember learning to knit. Not at all. I know that it was my maternal grandmother that taught me, but really that&#8217;s just what my Mum has told me. My Nan, Myrtle Green, taught me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will you be my Valentine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentines day is closing in on us and we think it is time to reflect on what this holiday means for us. It&#8217;s origins are veiled in mystery but most sources seem to suggest that it all began with the Romans somehow. In my last blog post I suggest that the holiday Lupercalia is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When in Rome&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; do like the Romans. Don your goat skin and get into the streets people. This is Valentines day&#8217;s raunchy sister. Lupercalia is an annual Roman fertility festival with Greek origins. Lupercalia comes from the Ancient Greek λύκος which means &#8220;wolf&#8221;, so get your claws out and get ready for a different Valentines this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dawn’s first experience with crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is suppose to be about me, but when it comes to my crafting I have to talk about someone dear to me.  My grandmother, Mary “Nanny” Kenner was a great crafter.  Sewing was her first love and talent, I wish I had spent more time with her sewing and cooking.  She was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eddie&#8217;s first experience with crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that I have always been exposed to crafts. My mother was a very all-around crafts woman back in the day. She knitted, sewed, weaved, worked metal and probably many other things that I don&#8217;t even know about. To her credit she is currently getting back into it. My grandmothers spun wool, knitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helene&#8217;s first experience with crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know my mother knitted woolen diaper pants when I was a child, but my earliest memory of anyone knitting was my Grandfather Gunnar. He was a retired primary school principal and when I was age 3 to 6 years he would babysit me in the afternoons when the kindergarten was closed. My mother worked [...]]]></description>
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